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July 8th, 2011 at 01:45pm
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Last night I came to the decision that it is time I expand my horizons. My food horizons that is. I have been making the same recipes way to often lately and I am afraid that I have fallen into the habit of simply making what I know and not bothering to see what else [...]
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Tags: fruit salad, healthy eating, recipes, summer, vegetables, vegetarian recipes
By Michelle
March 29th, 2011 at 05:45pm
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I have to say our family has always been head over heels crazy about dogs. My dogs have always had fun names too like Peppy, Mikey, Buddy, Ginger, and Fred. Ginger recently passed after 13 glorious years. She and Fred were like a little couple, they never did anything without one another. If Ginger had [...]
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By Janet Zappala
January 18th, 2011 at 09:41pm
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The days as usual are flying by, even with all of the snow and cold, we manage to plow through. I’ve been consumed lately with getting geared up for my new webisodes that will be available on some 20 different on-line venues beginning in early February. It is my Wealth of Health show, where I’ll be [...]
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By Janet Zappala
December 29th, 2010 at 12:48am
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The holidays (how do they get here so fast every year?) are all about giving, kindness, hope, and love. In keeping with the holiday spirit, FaveDiets is doing a book give-away this month, beginning today, Wednesday, December 29th. As many of you may know, I have a cookbook out right now titled, My Italian Kitchen-Home-Style Recipes Made Lighter [...]
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By Janet Zappala
December 14th, 2010 at 09:28pm
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With all of the great dishes and desserts a lot of us are making and consuming this holiday season, I thought the time was right to feature one of my favorite goodies, the raisin. Why the raisin you ask? Why not? It’s tasty, nutritious, versatile, and kinda cute, wrinkles and all. Of course raisins are [...]
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By Janet Zappala
September 29th, 2010 at 03:17pm
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Do you love Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels? Of course you do! Pretzels are a great lower-calorie snacking alternative to chips or candy. Now, you have a chance to win some pretzels from the good folks at Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels! We have teamed up with Snyder’s of Hanover for a Facebook-exclusive giveaway. From now until [...]
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By Matt
January 31st, 2010 at 12:09pm
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I’m a huge fan of beans and rice. Frankly I could eat it every night of the week. But I love experimenting with rice and beans. I’ll take rice and beans as my base and then experiment with different flavors and ingredients, basically whatever I have on hand. This past week, I had three main [...]
Continue Reading Thai-Inspired Beans and Rice with Cauliflower and Kale
By Matt
January 20th, 2010 at 10:00am
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Slow cookers are great because they allow you to get that all-day flavor without actually spending all day in the kitchen. When to healthy eating, slow cookers are ideal. Most slow cooker dishes get their flavor from the liquid in the dish. So long as you choose healthy flavorings, healthy easy recipes for a slow [...]
Continue Reading How To Use A Slow Cooker: 7 Tips and 7 Recipes
Tags: chicken recipes, healthy eating, Healthy Recipes, home cooking, what to eat
By Matt
January 18th, 2010 at 08:00am
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This post comes to us from Komali Nunna, a California-based chef from Southern India who has been entertaining guests in her home and community for 25 years. She now shares her time-tested recipes in a new cookbook, Entertaining from an Ethnic Indian Kitchen. To obtain spice blends used in this recipe and to learn more [...]
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Tags: home cooking, meal planner
By Matt
January 3rd, 2010 at 01:07pm
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I always love making brunch for my family on the weekends. Getting everyone around the table to enjoy a hearty meal is my favorite thing to do when I wake up. But I often don’t have enough time to make hundreds of pancakes, and that isn’t always the healthiest option once you add all that [...]
Continue Reading The Healthiest (and Tastiest) Bran Muffins
Tags: bran muffins, healthy breakfast recipes, take and bake bran muffins
By Marly